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Section B: MAGIC, MODERNITY, MACABRE, MADNESS
Section C: ART, DESIGN ETC
Section D: ALTERED STATES
Section E: LITERATURE AND POETRY
Section F: PUNKS AND FREAKS
Section G: SITUATIONS
Section H: COMIX AND GRAPHIX

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SECTION A: AGITATION, PROPAGANDA, ANARCHY, REVOLUTION, URBAN TERROR

[1] [AFRICAN AMERICANS.]. Jesse Jackson For President.
Original campaign placard. 25cm. x 55.8 cm., neon titles, photographic portrait. c. 1984. £25
Near fine condition.

[2] [L’ATELIER POPULAIRE.]. (after). Une Jeunesse Que l’Avenir Inquiète Trop Souvent [Youth worry too much about the Future].
Pirate poster. 59 x 40 cm., graphic and titles in reverse white and red, University of Sussex Library rubberstamp on reverse. N.p., n.p., n.d., c. 1968-1970s. £65
Old folds, pinholes on corners, bright, fresh colour, a few spots, a trifle browned.
Reproduces the famous image of a bandaged head with safety pin that emerged from the events in Paris 1968.

[3] [AMERICAN UNDERGROUND MEDICS]. Who You Are.
Original flyer. A4, 1l., printed in black on one side only, Om symbol. N.p., [Bay Area], n.p. [American Medics Underground], n.d., c. 1970. £35
Very good condition, biro marginalia on head. Rare, no copies on OCLC.
The logistics of ‘revolutionary’ medical aid in riot type situations, written in the jargon of the day, thus:
“Make sure your patient understands you arn’t [sic] the man”.

Viva La Causa...

[4] [CHAVEZ (Cesar).] Professors Academic Membership 1966. National Farm Workers Association Delano, California.
Original membership card. 9.1 x 6.4 cm., printed in black and red on white coated card on both sides, signed by Chavez in blue biro in his capacity as Director. With a printed subscription letter. Delano, California, n.d., 1966. £145
Near fine. Scarce. An important artefact of Chicano activism.

[5] [DE HAENEN (Frederick).]. [A view of an assassination, possibly that of Aleksander II, Tsar of Russia produced as an illustration for The Graphic. A Pen, pencil and gouache sketch in grisaille].
44.5 cm. x 26.8 & 29.3 cm., in two portions on thick card, cropping lines, dates and annotations in pencil on both sides with blue marking-up crayon on reverse, archivally framed and glazed. The drawing apparently published circa 23/2 1903. £1000
Bumped and rubbed corners and edges, old pinholes in corners, dusty, foxed upper margin.

[6] [DEBRAY (Regis).]. Four press photographs relating to his captivity in Bolivia.
17.7 x 12. 6 cm., 19.8 x 15.1 cm., 18 x 12.7 cm., 25.5 x 19.2 cm., all with stamps; a few from Keystone, one from AGIP/Robert Cohen, the larger with cropping marks, three with teletyped paper captions. c. 1967. £200
The captions a bit tatty, very good condition.
Debray was a brilliant Normalien who took the revolution to the revolution, first teaching philosophy in Castro’s Havana and later writing a famous manual of revolutionary warfare. He put his ideas of revolutionary praxis into practice, working in the Bolivian wilderness as a Guevaran style guerilla fighter. He was captured in August 1967 and paraded to the mass media by the Bolivian military, this ritual humiliation is captured in these photos. The largest print is a photograph of a press photograph from August 8th that shows Debray in striped prisoner’s fatigues with the appliquéd initials “P.B.”. The caption explains that this stands for “Prisoner Bandolero” or “Bandit Prisoner”. The caption also notes that, in a press conference, Debray said that he went “...on hunger strike and forced the authorities to return his civilian garments”. Another print shows him at a press conference in civilian clothes and the two others show him under police guard and with his wife Elizabeth Burgos.

[7] FERLINGHETTI (Lawrence). United Farmworkers Benefit. Lawrence Ferlinghetti speaking his poetry. Lone Mountain College thurs april 3-8pm.
First edition. 28x16cm., small poster in black with reverse white titles, a Native American style eagle, b&w photographic portrait of Ferlinghetti, signed by the poet in black pen on the eagle. N.p [San Francisco], n.p. [City Lights/Lone Mountain College], n.d., 1975 £35
Slight wear, very slight creases and a few scratches. A crisp copy of a rare poster with one only on O.C.L.C. probably listed twice.

[8] INSUFFRAGETTES. Rock Against Men sex is sexist! cock sucks!
Original parody concert poster. 43 x 28 cm., printed in black on pink paper, one line drawn illustration of a semi-erect penis cancelled in the style of the No Smoking symbol surrounded by text. San Francisco, Insuffragettes, n.d., c. 1980. £75
Slight wear and browning. Presumably very rare, we can find no web or OCLC references to the group, if group it was.
The mock pressure group demanded ‘Interruptus All Coitus. Flunk Testicles [?] and ‘Repeal The Penile Code’.

[9] MILES (Barry). (Essay). 4973: Berkeley Protest Posters 1970.
New book. 190 x 240mm, 180pp., 145 colour illustrations of protest posters, full catalogue in rear prepared by Laura Batten, preface by Carl Williams, illustrated card wrappers, 1000 copies printed. London, Francis Boutle & Maggs Bros Ltd., 2008. £25
An exciting new work that documents and illustrates the history of 136 protest posters produced by the students of the University of California at Berkeley in 1970 to protest the extension of the Vietnam War into Cambodia. It is possibly one of the finest such collections in private hands. The number ‘4973’ appears on many of the posters, it is said to be an ‘all-clear’ code signalling that the Berkeley Police Department had granted their approval. ‘4973’ is fully illustrated with colour photographs of the entire collection, with a full catalogue in the back of the book. A preface is included and Barry Miles, publisher of the International Times, biographer of Allen Ginsberg, and bibliographer of William S. Burroughs, has contributed a thoughtful essay.

[10] [NEW WORLD LIBERATION FRONT.] Class war in Casa Blanca/NWLF Bombs Emeryville Police.
Original broadside. Foolscap, 1l. printed in red on both sides, one photograph, central horizontal fold. Berkeley, Bay Area Research Collective, 8/20 1975. £75
A few creases, crisp, clean copy. In Bancroft. Scarce.
The Bay Area Research Collective were Symbionese Liberation Army fellow travellers. The New World Liberation Front were a group of militant bombers who are described in a contemporary Time article as “...about 25 white middle class whites, and possibly some black ex-convicts...” The N.W.L.F. portion of the broadside was issued by the “Jonathon Jackson/Sam Melville Unit”, it explains that the “...explosion at the Emeryville Station of Fascist Pig Repression is a warning to the rabid dogs who murder our children in cold blood”.
The verso describes a riot and pitched battle between SWAT/Police and “residents” of a “...barrio in Riverside” Southern California. Police, who are armed to the teeth, are illustrated in a small photograph marching on the upper right hand corner.

[11] [ORANGE ORDER.]. For God and Ulster. The Glorious Memory 1690.
Original propaganda stamps. 11 x 18. 3 (including tabs), eight pictorial colour stamps in the original block with intact perforations as issued, gummed on verso, includes tabs with pantone instructions. N.p., n.d., c. 1990. £100
Near fine. Very rare with no copies on OCLC, the Linen Hall library with a slide reproducing the stamps only.
They depict King William of Orange on a rearing horse floating over the Boyne. The titles are stamped in yellow above this and on an orange scroll in black below.

[12] OZ TRIAL. Readers of OZ MAGAZINE are cordially invited to attend the first of a series of OBSCENE COURTROOM DRAMAS at Marylebone Magistrates Court on Thursday, 1st October, at 2.p.m. R.S.V.P. Obscene Publications Office, New Scotland Yard, Broadway, London, S.W.I. Fancy Dress optional. Admission by Invitation only.
Original parody invitation card. 8.9 x 11.4 cm., text in black on recto only, green border, all gauffered edges gilt, the blank verso with a 26 word note in black biro by Richard Neville to Sue Miles in New York, signed with his forename, annotations in pencil presumably by Sue or ‘Miles’ Miles. N.p. [London], n.p. [Oz Obscenity Fund], n.d. October 1970. £250
Very good or even better condition. A good association as Sue Miles (and husband Miles) were part of the ‘IT crowd’ and were no strangers to courtroom and public controversy themselves. Sue Miles was a stalwart of the Oz campaign who mucked in to help produce and distribute clever counter propaganda such as the piece in hand. Neville mentions ‘INK’, a year long experiment in ‘hip’ hard hitting journalism, and signs off with “...MEANWHILE I AM OFF TO THE TRIAL”.

[13] [PROVOS.]. RONA (Jutka). Roel van Duyn, a co-founder of the Amsterdam Provo and Kabouter movements: a large black and white photographic portrait of him.
38 (to border) x 50.5 cm, Rona’s studio stamp on reverse,archivally framed and glazed . N.p. [Amsterdam], n.d., early 1990s. £450
In very good condition with a crease on the top right corner.
Rona is a very active Amsterdam photographer of Hungarian descent. Duyn is still involved with Dam politics as a Green Left politican.

[14] SCHWIMMER (Max). Völkische Devise: Raus aus dem Dreck Rin in die Frohn! Wählt Sozialdemokraten V.S.P.D.
[A völkisch slogan: get out of the mud and into serfdom! Vote for the Social Democrats V. S. P. D.].
Original poster. 48 x 64.5 cm., a lithograph; the titles and illustration in black and red on cheap paper, archivally framed and glazed. £375
Tatty with many archival tape repairs, corner loss, old archive rubberstamps; one apiece on each side, creases and folds, closed tears, endemic browning. The illustration and text are clear, crisp and complete.

[15] [SOLIDARITY]. Under The Polish Volcano/It’s Us They’re Shooting In Warsaw.
Original broadside. 50 x 36.5 cm., two b&w photos, line drawn illustration, printed in black on both sides on thick white stock. N.p. [London], n.d., 1982. £15
Rolled, a bit bumped. Institutionally scarce.
The illustration is of an Ubuesque General in a peaked cap.

[16] SPANISH CIVIL WAR. Plaza De Toros De Murcia.
Monumental Novillada El Domingo Dia 12 De Septiembre De 1937, a las cinco de la tarde, organizada y a benficio del Socorro Rojo Internacional... A small bullfight poster, approx. 15.7 x 28cm, black lettering with a small but skillful vignette of a Bull`s head stuck with a sword and two banderillas, the whole garlanded with flowers, ribbons and a flag, on thin green paper, conservation mounted. Murcia, N.p. [Benficio del Socorro Rojo Internacional.], Tip. “Nuestra Lucha”, 1937. £200
In excellent condition even with a small tear on the top margin (not effecting text or image), another small closed tear on an eye of the bull, slight fading. Scarce.
A beautiful bullfight poster for an event that was staged as a benefit in aid of Socorro Rojo Internacional that advertises the talents of Mariano Rodriguez ( El Exquisito ), Niño del Barrio and Juanito Tirado.

[17] SPANISH CIVIL WAR. EDICIO DEL COMISSARIAT DEL PROPAGANDA DE LA GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA. Como el fascio se derrumba frente al valor español, o de la cuna a la tumba. No. 11. Precio: 10 Céntimos. [As Fascist Valour collapses against The Spanish, or From The Cradle to The Grave].
Original wall newspaper, approx. 34.5 x 49.5cm., 48 numbered satirical cartoon vinetas in black on very thin green stock, captions in Spanish, photomechanical print, conservation mounted. N.p. [Barcelona], n.p. [Edicio del Comissariat de Propaganda de la Generalitat de Catalunya], n.d., c.1937. £200
Faded, residual folds, fading in central portion, ragged edges, a few areas of loss on the margins, the images and text still bright and crisp and legible. Rare; one copy only on O.C.L.C. at UCSD.
An anti-fascist poster espousing the Republican cause that satirizes Mola, Qeipo and Franco as ‘...las tres marionetas en manos de Mussolini...’ . This is an adaptation of the allelulia, a traditional form of publishing akin to the Russian lubok, that was produced for the workers and peasants and that has roots in religious instruction and education. A distinctive style that was re-used and re-interpreted by Picasso for his great propaganda work ‘Sueño y mentira de Franco’ produced in the same year.

[18] SUGARMAN (Ira). Kaku To Yakyu Wa Osagai Kono Daisan Kyu O Yurusana Samonaito Zen Jinrui Ga Auto [The Great Difference Twixt Nuclear Bombs and Baseballs is That if You Make The Third Strike Then Unless You Wrap Up Warm The Whole of Mankind Will Be Out].
First edition. Silkscreened in green, black and red on white, depicts a baseball player with a red diamond in “Atomics” shirt, mitt in left hand, bracing to throw a ball in his right, a Japanese player awaits on a field of green with a Polaris style bat in hand. The whole lettered from top to bottom in variegated black and white, white on red, black on green and white on black lettering in Japanese, conservation mounted. San Francisco, Ira Sugarman, Mission Grafica, design, Francisco Letelier, JAM Workshops, 1985. £100
Near fine, very bright. A satirical baseball match poster in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima/Nagasaki.

[19] [SYMBIONESE LIBERATION ARMY.]. Press photos, approximately 20 x 28 cm., 23 black and white press photos, one ‘camera ready’ map, mostly annotated, and/or with captions, dated stamped and with the published clippings on recto, some with cropping marks, all published, in a recent box. Los Angeles, Los Angeles Examiner, March-May 1974. £250
All a trifle yellowed, good, sound condition. An interesting and important visual record of the demise of the group.
On May 17th the Symbionese Liberation Army, actually a handful of urban guerrillas, were tracked down to a Compton house. Leader Donald DeFreeze and members Willie Wolfe, Patricia Soltysik, Camilla Hall, Angela Atwood, and Nancy Ling Perry’s corpses were found in or around the ruins. As a recent film on the SLA shows, the events were almost entirely televised.
Photographs include a portrait of Angela Davis, police raids on suspected safe houses, the last hideout of the ‘Army’; besieged and on fire and with the neighbours sheltering and being rescued. There are also pictures of the aftermath, guns, scorched SLA literature, CSI officers on site and so on. The map pinpoints where the ‘shootout’ took place.
The Examiner was part of the Hearst press empire controlled by William Randolph Hearst the father of Patricia Hearst who was kidnapped by the SLA, she eventually joined the group under the nom de guerre ‘Tania’.

[20] [SYMBIONESE LIBERATION ARMY.]. BRYAN (John). (Ed.). San Francisco Phoenix. Vol. 2, No. 14.
Original underground newspaper. Folio., [1p.], pp-2-11. [1p], (including wrappers). San Francisco, n.p. [Phoenix]. 1974 £35
With residual folds, some browning, in good to very good condition.
The headline is “Our ‘Guerrilla of the Year’ PATTY SETS SELF FREE. We confess: ‘Interview’ was a fake”. This is accompanied by a large photomontage of a very beautiful and radically chic looking Patty Hearst, toting a gun. An SLA ‘Naga’ is positioned over her head.

[21] [SYMBIONESE LIBERATION ARMY.]. SLA Memorial For Our Fallen Comrades. Sunday June 2. Ho Chi Minhn Park – 12 noon. Those Who Do Nothing Make No Mistakes.
Original poster. 57x 44cm., printed in black on white on thick paper stock, titles in black and reverse white, illustrated with a phoenix emerging from flames, framed and glazed. N.p. [Berkeley?], n.p., n.d., c. 1974. £350
Near fine condition. Scarce.
An interesting artefact of this tiny millenialist, messianic, militant revolutionary group of urban guerrillas.

[22] [WHITE PANTHER PARTY]. White Panther Party 10-Point Program and Platform.
First separate printing. 35.5 x 21.6 cm., text and one vignette in black on white stock on one side only. N.p [Detroit/Ann Arbor?], n.d., c. 1968. £75
A few tears, stains, old horizontal fold. Rare with no copy on OCLC.
This program was included in the book ‘White Panther State/Meant’ published in November 1968.

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Section B: MAGIC, MODERNITY, MACABRE, MADNESS
Section C: ART, DESIGN ETC
Section D: ALTERED STATES
Section E: LITERATURE AND POETRY
Section F: PUNKS AND FREAKS
Section G: SITUATIONS
Section H: COMIX AND GRAPHIX